Makaton - WHEN YOU SAY NOTHING AT ALL #AACaware23 - Singing Hands

AAC Awareness Month is celebrated around the world each October. The event was first established by ISAAC in 2007. The goal is to raise awareness of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and to inform the public about the many different ways in which people communicate using communication devices.

This year we've taken the love song 'When You Say Nothing At All' as our inspiration. We wanted to create a montage of our Singing Hands friends showing how they communicate with us in various ways and raise awareness about AAC.

In the footage we see examples of our non/pre-verbal children and young people using various AAC devices, apps on tablets, Makaton and Widgit symbols, facial expression, physical touch, eye contact and signing to express their feelings, needs and wants. Enjoy. #AACaware23

Lyrics and Makaton Sign Transcription:
It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart (SPECIAL / YOU / COMMUNICATE / LOVE)
Without saying a word, you can light up the dark (NO / TALK / OK)
Try as I may, I can never explain (TRY / I / NO / EXPLAIN)
What I hear when you don't say a thing (HEAR / YOU / NO / TALK)

The smile on your face lets me know that you need me (SMILE / FACE / KNOW / NEED / ME)
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me (TRUTH / EYE / NO / GO)
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me wherever I fall (TOUCH / HAND / HELP)
You say it best, when you say nothing at all (YOU / TALK / BEST / TALK / NOTHING)

All day long, I can hear people talking out loud (ooh) (DAY / HEAR / PEOPLE / TALK / LOUD)
But when you hold me near (you hold me near) you drown out the crowd (out the crowd) (CUDDLE / QUIET / CROWD)
Try as they may, they can never define (TRY / THEY / NO / UNDERSTAND)
What's being said between your heart and mine (OUR / LOVE)

The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me wherever I fall
You say it best (you say it best) when you say nothing at all

(musical interlude)

The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me wherever I fall
You say it best (you say it best) when you say nothing at all

(You say it best, when you say nothing at all)
(You say it best, when you say nothing at all)
That smile on your face (you say it best)
(When you say nothing at all) the truth in your eyes
The touch of your hand lets me know that you need me

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